Comments on: Roku Netflix box to stream Amazon content

By: orbitcow

orbitcow — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:13:45 +0000

This is not the same thing as the roku, vize. Roku allows you to stream your media from the web to the tv. This method only allows you to stream videos youv’e downloaded to your PC to your XBOX360.

I personally think Microsoft should really open things up and grab more of the Netflix kinda thing. Go ahead and get Hulu, Amazon, and Youtube to just stream from their sites automatically to the XBOX 360s

By: Bop

Bop — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:07:06 +0000

Well it appears there is password protection after all…
“Your purchase PIN is a 5-digit number used to confirm your Video On Demand purchases when you buy videos from compatible devices. The same PIN code is used for all of the compatible devices associated with your account.”

amazon.com/videoondemand/paymentsettings

By: Bop

Bop — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:57:06 +0000

…to clarify the second paragraph above: I meant those who would pay $2 to $30 for each show(entire season of a show)/movie … as with Amazon’s pay/buy per view model….

By: Bop

Bop — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:44:21 +0000

I’ve always wanted TV/movies on demand, not pay-per-view, and if Amazon added an inexpensive unlimited subscription plan to their service, I’m all for it; I’d drop my cable/satellite provider in an instant and sign right up.

Sure, there are those who would pay $2 to $30 to watch new movies and TV shows commercial free and on demand, but I believe they are the minority — especially in these harsh economic times.

And until there is password protection for the Amazon Pay-Per-View content on my Roku player — to keep others from charging up my account, I’m staying clear of this Amazon service.

By: Craig Glenn

Craig Glenn — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:19:05 +0000

Netflix, Roku, Amazon Cohersion and Profit Scheming

Many are mad at Netflix for not delivering their paid in advance product. Specifically, many are very upset at Netflix for seemingly endless DVDs that remain in our queues as Very Long Wait, Long Wait, or Short Wait. Leave 10 – 15 new releases at the top of your queue and those titles sit there until they are no longer new while Netflix ships you old movie DVDs instead. Doing so increases Netflix’s profit margin because it reduces Netflix’s cost to purchase DVDs themselves. Now, Netflix has a new, much more dramatic method of increasing their profit margin at the cost of us, their “members”:

NEW PROFIT SCHEMING AND CUSTOMER COERCION. THROUGH THE CLEAVER INTRODUCTION OF ROKU (ETC.) VIEWING ON YOUR TV, NETFLIX IS INTENTIONALLY STOPPING/SLOWING SHIPMENTS OF NEW RELEASES TO COERCE ITS PAYING MEMBERS TO (1) PAY-PER-VIEW OR (2) DVD PURCHASE.

Here is what is happening to me (and others):

(1) “New” Releases sit in my queue undelivered for many weeks at a time.
(2) Frustrated, I turn on my $100 Roku Netflix receiver and seek alternate viewing material.
(3) Netflix Instant View instantly directs me to Amazon Video for: (1) New Releases on Amazon Video (typically $3.99 each), or (2) Amazon Video instant purchase (typically $14.99).
(4) The DVDs that Netflix refuses to ship me are now “instantly” available, but only if I pay to purchase them!

I contend this is no accident. I am not a lawyer, but believe this is bad business and suspect that such practices may be illegal.

For Reference, I have the 5-at-time Netflix plan (for years), pay additionally for Blu-ray shipping, and purchased the Netflix-exclusive Roku internet receiver through the Netflix web site ($100).

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KM Kemp — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:54:00 +0000

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By: vize

vize — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:12:30 +0000

http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/xbox/ref=atv_ontv_xbox_info

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By: geraldz

geraldz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:52:18 +0000

When I tested Amazon Video On Demand last month it didn’t work well. And that was standard definition. After about 20 minutes the player just locked up and that was that. Amazon issued a refund.

It will be interesting how Netflix will respond to this incursion on their turf. Even the title of this article refers to the Netflix Roku player!

For $99 you can’t go wrong. But my $25 PC to TV cable works great and I can watch whatever I want on my HDTV – Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, you name it. PCTVCables.com

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By: mikey likes it

mikey likes it — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:00:30 +0000

Yep, the Roku rocks! It’s great because I realized that the movies that arrive via delivery are generally not the movies I am in the mood to watch. The Roku is a nice addition to netflix. Look forward to Hulu content in the future. (Cough Cough